Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-16
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Premier Lin Chuan paid a rare visit to the offshore island of 
The storm left a trail of destruction to homes and farmland in Southern Taiwan but also on Kinmen, which lies just off the coast of China’s Fujian Province. It is relatively rare for senior government leaders to visit the island.
Lin and President Tsai Ing-wen toured damaged areas in Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County on Thursday, the day after the typhoon raged through.
In Kinmen, the premier was told by the county government that 5 million trees, plants and hedges had been destroyed or damaged by the storm. Reconstruction would need at least NT$2.35 billion (US$74 million), the local authorities said. [FULL STORY]